Discrepancy between declared and recovered bifidobacteria in a human probiotic

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-286

  Mattarelli, P ^a   Brandi, G ^a   Modesto, M ^a   Biavati, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Pharmaceutical preparation; Probiotic; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM BV. INFANTIS;

EID: 0345839524     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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